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Charter Hall
In the Charter Hall Victorian building portfolio, an Energy Optimisation Program implemented by A.G. Coombs, in conjunction with facility manager Knight Frank and the property owner, has seen the use of the Building Management and Controls Systems, and a significant advance in control strategy, to better manage the buildings’ energy consuming systems.
The primary focus of the Energy Optimisation Program for Charter Hall‘s Victorian building portfolio has been the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning systems. Typically, these consume around 50% of the buildings’ energy consumption, constitute the majority of the energy efficiency improvement potential and, conversely, the greater part of the energy wastage risk.
A structured tuning program was devised and applied to the HVAC systems to iteratively improve the way the systems and their subsystems work together to provide comfort conditions and ventilation in the buildings. The Energy Optimisation Program followed a detailed planning and management regime that continually engaged and ensured alignment of the facility stakeholders. The activities of the program were integrated into both the operational management processes of the facility manager and the practices of the owner.
